The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-11-12
TWO TRENTON porrsns


tlAIt "ucouDk " GSo hAs
d Eject Of Natural Gas Fuel In the Kilus.
Representatives OF tso Of the largest
and most widely known potterles located
in that noted pottery centre, Trenton, or.
rived in the city Thursday evening and
spent yesterday examining the city in
general. md particularly her pottery inter
eats, present and prospective. Their pres.
ence in the city becemingknowp, they were
called on by several proniuont business
men and manufactured, who extended
to them what courtesie8 they could, and
made thei. stey pleasant.
The visitorn were Mr.. William s. Han.
cock, OF the Crescent Pottery Company,
manufacturing largely such crookery IS 10
med in sanitary appliances, and Mr..
Elijah Mountford, Of the firm Of Bur.
roIghs ( Mouutlord, who.make specially
Of elegant DECORATED ware, especially for
table use. His concern is one Of tho larry.
est OF the kind In the country. The fact
that they were seen being escorted abou,
the city by leading citizens, gentlemen
Who have all along been known as earnest.
y Grdeavoring to 'boom the old town."
and 10 Induce a9T capital and new entsr'
priaes to locate hsrs, gaze rise to the lu'
NOR that another pottery was TO 10 cotsb'
llshed here. ;sti e Z.
Tie gentlemen were seen st the Mcclure
!sst evening and asked as to the truth OIL
The rumor. ;,g
MI. Hancock said that az Irsssat nai.hei
the company srspresented nor the one Mr,
Mountiord vas In, had any intention OF re-.
moving from Trenton 10 Wheeling, or, any
othor point. ave are on little jsunt to
the Went, combining buainees and pleaa'
u,e," ho said, land cano sasa ibis region
especially Tor the purpoee Of examining
INTO the mode OF applying and using the
res in the kilns. We have spent some
lime in Pittsburgh, Waited the potteies at
East Liverpool aud been nicely entertain.
ed here in Wheeling. You people in and
adjacent To the gas belt are certainly
favored; this IL tho manufacturer
paradise. The fact tlst yos hsve
Ras for tho potteries hereabouta gives the
manufacturers iu TINT I'ps decided ad-
vantage over Trenton in moro Ways than
one. We have to procure all Of oYr fuel
from the Lehigh Valley, and when In CASE
Of strike, such as has been In that coal
region .cr the past two months, tho prizes
of fuel goes Gpi We arc ut q greater dis.
advantage than ever ITys are now pay
Ing as high CD a rs per ton and So beth o!
our worEs couHumeas much as 100 chr loads
per month each, YpD can readily see that
the mattsr Of fuel Ia On inpostaut one to
US, especially when compared With your
clean and cheap natural gas.
1.-THE absencs Of rulplup from the gas
Is another advantage you have. We Ire.
quently have whole kilns spoiled by the
sulphur getting In the ware. In case your
gas supply holds out, and believe 1t 10
thing for fuel less espepsiys than coal,
and ] believe that a cheap manufactured
gas Is that thing. 1t may be that We will
hsvs 10 make more saJical change and
move to whele tho gao is. Gpt tbs! is hard.
lyllkoly justa pseaeut. Each Of or plants
represents an invested cspitsl Of $200. 000
Think Of the loss removal Z would
eptail2 Then many ci our workmen
are men Eho have homea In Trenton and
are we'll of. They would not 10 likely
to come with "a to any greet esteas. We
would have 10 brig tbs roying, reasinss
ones at tho .tart, snd edDcats them and
others up 10 what we would hays 10 kaye.
"But NIL the advantages are no. In favor
Of those IN tho gas belt, for We have An ad-
vantage IN tho way Of freiehis on raw
material AID tat counts eomethlny. As
to tho difference IN rust ci fring q kiln
With the gas you have here, AID coal %
W. are now paying for It, we ertimate that
thors 10 . difference o! nboutS50 psr kin
in favor OF gap, ,,i{ -; 8
mo, We shall not move osY yorty any.
wny soon. Bat should tho Tina for NOV.
Ing ever como you may res! assured we
shall bear Wheeling 10 mind at an early
ssasa, We have been worry nicely recsived
here BY yo.s Srsineis mon and commit.
tee Of the Caa1aet Of Commerce, end We
like them, your location and prclpsatr aud
the outlook Tor the psttery trade especial.
Y. You have Q good pottery bore aud
the one5 arildiug will DO tirs..class In
every respect with ecod men at tho head
Of them. There is senalor n. &. Scott, l
Rust coo him. Coed evening"" SIX
!. The two gsutle,acn vent 10 Cincinnati
last night over. the i. < 2. Ia 53.}s,59